Syllabus Application
BIO 363
Ecology
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester
Fall 2025-2026
Course
BIO 363 -
Ecology
Time/Place
Time
Week Day
Place
Date
14:40-16:30
Tue
FENS-L029
Sep 29, 2025-Jan 3, 2026
10:40-11:30
Thu
FENS-L065
Sep 29, 2025-Jan 3, 2026
Level of course
Undergraduate
Course Credits
SU Credit:3, ECTS:6, Basic:6
Prerequisites
-
Corequisites
Course Type
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
Levent Öztürk
- Email: lozturk@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
Aims to develop a basic understanding of relationships of organisms to their environment at the individual, population and community level, principles of population genetics and evolutionary theory. Topics include physiological response to physical and biological environment, adaptations to the physical environment, competition, concept of niche, population dynamics, ecosystem structure and stability and resource management.
Course Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | Developing a basic understanding of the relationships of organisms to their environment at the individual, population and community level. Describing “intraspecies” and “interspecies” interactions as affected by the physical environment, natural selection, and population dynamics. |
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| 2. | Defining “ecological communities” and the factors affecting distribution and abundance of species across temporal and spatial environmental gradients including climate change due to human activities. |
| 3. | Linking the concept of “adaptation through natural selection” to diverse patterns and processes in terrestrial and aquatic systems across hierarchical levels (i.e., individual, population, community, ecosystem). |
| 4. | Explaining the principles of population genetics and evolutionary theory and explaining properties and dynamics of populations as a function of evolution, natural selection, and life history. |
| 5. | Explaining the physiological response to physical and biological environment, adaptations to the physical environment, competition, concept of niche, population dynamics, ecosystem structure and stability and resource management. |
Course Objective
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Related to This Course:
| Climate Action | |
| Life Below Water | |
| Life On Land |